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A close look at chemical elements, the basic building blocks of the universe. Where do we get them, what do we use them for and how do they fit into our economy?
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英语
美国
65 集
自从 2014年2月8日
episodic
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In the final programme in our Elements series, Justin Rowlatt looks at the rarest and oddest members of the periodic table.
Selenium, bismuth, molybdenum, antimony, rhenium, hafnium, zirconium, tellurium, thallium, barium. What are they? And what are they used for?
Minor metals merchant An...
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Why do we value this practically useless metal so highly? And does it bring out the worst in human nature?
In a second look at this most coveted of metals, Justin Rowlatt hears both sides of the age-old argument. Swiss investor and gold enthusiast Marc Faber explains why he keeps gold bars tu...
This radioactive metal holds the promise of thousands of years of energy for the world. But is it really any cleaner or safer than traditional uranium-based nuclear power?
Chemistry Professor Andrea Sella of University College London takes the helm, as he speaks to no less than three nuclear p...
Six extremely rare metals that clean your car exhaust and turbocharge industrial chemistry, but which are also the focus of a violent power struggle in South Africa.
Presenter Laurence Knight heads to Johnson Matthey, a company that pioneered the car catalytic converter in the 1970s, to find o...
The macabre poison we know from crime novels and history books has some surprising modern uses.
Justin Rowlatt travels the Subcontinent - first to India's Forest Research Institute in the Himalayas where Sadhna Tripathi explains why the chemical element ends up in telegraph polls.
We then h...
The shiniest and showiest of metals is still mainly used in silverware. But it also has some surprisingly modern applications.
Justin Rowlatt heads deep under the city streets to the sparkling London Silver Vaults to talk tableware and frivolities - the more traditional uses of silver.
We a...
Why does iodine deficiency still blight children in developing countries like India?
Justin Rowlatt travels to Dehradun in the Himalayas with world expert Chandrakant Pandav to diagnose schoolchildren still suffering from the throat swelling called goitre, and from the permanent mental retarda...
Could we finally be about to crack this source of potentially unlimited clean energy - thanks in part to a plethora of private sector tech startups?
Laurence Knight travels to one such company, Tokamak Energy in the UK, to hear from plasma physicist Melanie Windridge. Meanwhile the BBC's Davi...
This toxic metal is slowly being phased out of our lives. But as presenter Justin Rowlatt discovers, while nickel-cadmium batteries may have disappeared from our gadgets, they still help to keep planes up in the air.
Chemistry professor Andrea Sella tells the story of this colourful yet poison...
Potash plumps up fruit, vegetables and grains, and the potassium it contains is an essential nutrient. Yet India is completely dependent on imports of this critical fertiliser to feed its population.
Presenter Justin Rowlatt visits a farm on the Ganges plains to see how this mineral is used, and...
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